Impact, Outreach, and Public Engagement

Relatively Queer (Workshops, Resources, and Anthology Project)

Developed and facilitated in collaboration with K Angel and Erica Rivera, Relatively Queer is an ongoing creative writing and grass-roots history project intended to assist queer and trans* people in engaging with elements of concealed queerness in their family of origin through non-fiction, poetry, and other mixed-media forms. Through collaborative workshops, an online community space, and open-source resources, we help participants explore occluded histories of queerness within their family circle and make kin with queer relatives they may have been prevented from knowing, or knowing fully, as the basis for a developing anthology of formally promiscuous creative writing.

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– “Relatively Queer: Post-Disciplinary Approaches to Recovering Trans* Traces in Families of Origin”, 2nd International Trans Studies Conference, Northwestern University (August 2024).

Impact and Public Engagement

– “Beyond Non-Binary: A Roundtable feat. Travis Alabanza, D Mortimer, and Fran Charmaille,” Cam Queer History, University of Cambridge (February 2024) – Invited Speaker.

– Under the Scope: An LGBT+ History Month Display and Resource Space, English Faculty Library, University of Cambridge (February 2024) – Curator and Facilitator.

– “We Are the Irish in Britain – County Connections: County Down / Contae an Dúin”, Irish in Britain (March 2021) – Invited Speaker.

– “Finding Yourself in the Library: Queer Archives and the Queer Past”, Pride in STEM: LGBT+ History Month, 2021, University of Oxford (February 2021) – Invited Speaker.

– Brave Space: Queer Histories and Identities in London Exhibition and Showcase, Syracuse University, London Centre (February 2019) – Curator, Facilitator, and Speaker.

– ‘Queer People, Closeted Books: Queer History and Restricted Library Collections’, Beyond the Binary: My Normal Takeover, Pitt River’s Museum, Oxford (February 2019) – Invited Speaker.

– “(S)Ex-Libris: Cruising the Bodleian with Hall et al”, Hertford College LGBTQIA+ History Month Evening, University of Oxford (February 2019) – Invited Speaker.

– The Story of Phi: Collecting Sex, Blackwell Hall, Weston Library, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford (November 2018-January 2019) [Curated by Prof Jennifer Ingleheart (University of Durham)].

– ‘Finding Ourselves in the Library’, Public Engagement Study Day, Bodleian Libraries and the University of Durham (01 December 2018) [Curated by Prof. Jennifer Ingleheart (University of Durham)] – Invited Speaker.

– “Meet the Modernists: Live Friday”, America’s Cool Modernism, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, (May 2018) – Invited Speaker.

Outreach and Access

– ‘Cruising Shakespeare: Queer Approaches to Sonnet 20’, UNIQ 2020: English Summer School, University of Oxford (July 2020) – Invited Speaker and Seminar Facilitator.

– ‘Intersectional Approaches to Gender and Sexuality’, St Peter’s College, Oxford Schools Outreach Carousel, Liverpool (January 2019) – Speaker and Workshop Facilitator.

– British Association for Irish Studies PGR & ECR Employability Workshops, Hertford College, Oxford and University of Liverpool (September 2018 and January 2019) – Organiser and Workshop Facilitator.

– ‘Does It Matter Who You Love?: Literature and Identity’, Oxford English Faculty Regional School Visits, Lincolnshire and the North East (November 2018).

Consultancy and Advocacy

– ‘Trans Inclusion and Gender Diversity in PSHE’, How To Ensure Your PSHE Lessons Are LGBT+ Inclusive, Life Lessons RSE (June 2021)

– ‘Unpacking the Gender Rucksack: Teaching and Learning Beyond the Binary’, Surviving and Thriving: Be Her Lead Annual Conference, 2021, Be Her Lead (March 2021)

Thank you […] for your workshop on unpacking the gender backpack – so many takeaways to bring into our work at The Girls Network. – Grace Veenman (Network Manager, The Girls Network)

– “Gender: Noun or Verb?”, Assembly and Workshop, Forest Hill School, London (March 2021) – Invited Speaker, Facilitator, and Consultant.

I thought it struck exactly the right tone and was very informative for our students. It was also delivered in a very professional and empathetic way. – Mr Sullivan (Headteacher, Forest Hill School, London)

– ‘(Hyper-)Visibility and Its Discontents’, Non-Binary 101, TransLondon Network (January 2021) – Invited Speaker and Facilitator.